Britishvolt files for administration

EY was appointed joint administrator for the company that had previously planned to build the UK’s first gigafactory

UK battery startup Britishvolt to sell majority stake

The company plans to build a £3.8 billion gigafactory near Blyth in Northumberland

Rumours grow for the collapse of UK-government backed Britishvolt

The company has allegedly yet not received £100m in promised government support

Firm behind ‘UK’s first’ gigafactory reportedly faces ‘pre-Christmas collapse’

Britishvolt is allegedly holding emergency fundraising talks that could lead to the potential sale of the business

Founder and chief of UK battery start-up Britishvolt steps down

Orral Nadjari will pass the reins to Dr Graham Hoare, who is currently Britishvolt’s Deputy CEO and President of Global Operations

Is the UK’s first gigafactory ‘put on life support’?

Work on Britishvolt’s EV battery factory near Blyth in Northumberland has reportedly been limited in a bid to slash spending costs

Government confirms funding for ‘Britain’s first’ gigafactory

The new gigaplant in Cambois, Northumberland is to receive £100m

UK battery start-up Britishvolt to build £200m test facility in West Midlands

It has partnered with Prologis for the Hams Hall facility in Warwickshire which is expected to help the company rapidly ramp up battery cells and support the ‘smooth start-up’ of its planned gigafactory in Northumberland

First decade of UK EV revolution supercharged with £10.8bn

More than 14,000 new jobs were created in British EV and battery sectors in the last ten years, according to a new report

Government boosts Blyth gigafactory with £100m

The gigaplant is forecast to produce batteries for around 300,000 EVs a year